Vacancy Information
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Digital Product Teams as a Test Analyst, based in Newcastle.
We can offer you:
1. 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
2. Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary
3. Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our colleagues who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
4. Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
5. Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
6. You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
7. Defined contribution management pension scheme
8. Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
9. Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
10. Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
11. Career progression and learning and development
12. Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
13. Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
14. Cycle to Work scheme
15. A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about
16. Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another
About the role
17. Management Grade A
18. This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
19. We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
20. The base location for this role is Newcastle Upon Tyne
What you'll do
21. Collaborating with Greggs stakeholders, developers and 3rd party systems integrators to gain full understanding of the requirements to be delivered
22. Utilising existing testing tools for full end to end test of the system
23. As part of the scrum team give test estimates for scoping, planning and execution of tests
24. Creation and execution of test scripts including running full regression tests and sharing results and risks with key stakeholders
25. Logging issues within our defect tracking tool and ensure collaboration with the team to resolution
About you
You will fit right into this role if you have:
26. Strong foundation in testing practices, including BDD with Cucumber, end-to-end automation using Playwright, CI/CD integration (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and basic performance testing with JMeter
27. Proficient in API testing (REST/SOAP) with tools like Postman and SoapUI, strong grasp of HTTP protocols, authentication (OAuth, API keys), and skilled in validating JSON/XML payloads, headers, and response times
28. Experienced with Azure Service Bus and messaging systems, including queues, topics, subscriptions, and dead-lettering; skilled in using tools like Service Bus Explorer and testing asynchronous message flows in event-driven architectures
29. Strong SQL skills for backend data validation, with an understanding of NoSQL databases like Cosmos DB and MongoDB where applicable
30. A strong team player, able to build good working relationships at all levels
31. Have proven high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
32. Have experience of, and the ability to multi-task and work with multiple priorities calmly and at pace
33. Are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative
34. Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience of analysing information and issues to identify current and potential problems
35. Wanting to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!
About Greggs
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.